MindSweep 2012

UPDATE: MindSweep 2012 questions and answers are available for download

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It is with pleasure that we announce the inaugural edition of KQA’s International Solo Championship, titled MindSweep.

We have centres in the United Kingdom, the United States, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Norway, and Germany.  A full list of international venues will go up by the end of the week.

Mindsweep will be held in India/Asia on the morning of  Sunday 8 January 2012 (1000hrs-1300hrs) . Please check with local coordinators about start-time for international venues–in Europe/North America, the event is scheduled for the evening of 7th January 2012.

Confirmed centres in India:

Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thrissur, Mumbai, Goa, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, New Delhi,  Coimbatore and Ahmedabad.

List of MindSweep 2012 venues

FORMAT

The quiz will require participants to answer 200 questions–in two sessions of 60 minutes each with a 30 minute break between sessions for corrections.

The quiz is split into 10 sections of 20 questions each and is set by Dibyendu Das, Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani.

  1. The Arts: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Design, Architecture, Installation Art, Dance, Theatre
  2. Science and Tech: Concepts in the Sciences, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Technology, The Environment, Astronomy, Medicine, Inter-disciplinary work, Popular Science Writing
  3. Literature: Poetry, Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, Drama, Genre Fiction, Graphic Novels, Critics, Literary History, Translation
  4. Social Sciences: History, Anthropology, Cultural Studies/Social History, History of Ideas, Economics,The Philosophers
  5. Business: Brands, Fashion, Business History, Advertising
  6. Sports and Leisure: Sporting History, Games, Television, Gaming, Sports-Writing, Sports-Coverage, Hobbies–Collecting, Gardening, Fan-communities, The Internet
  7. Cinema: Hollywood, National Cinemas, World Cinema, Film Genres, Film-Technology, Film-language, Cinema & Society. Film-writing
  8. Music: Instruments, Performers, Genre Music, World Music, Tech Innovations, Music-magazines, Music industry, Music-journalism
  9. Food & Drink: From all over the world.
  10. Connections